Alternative reinsurance capital

Vantage Risk, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance company, has plans to leverage third-party capital in a broader set of underwriting lines in future and now with over $1.5 billion of capital to deploy using its AdVantage collateralized insurer class of company, 2024 could be the year it expands into non-cat risk, Chris McKeown told […]

The Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of insurtech Vesttoo have filed a request with the court to allow them to conduct legal discovery on the main bank named in the letter of credit (LOC) reinsurance collateral fraud, China Construction Bank.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending December 3rd 2023, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Artemis has learned that fronting specialist Clear Blue Insurance has filed a lawsuit against broking giant Aon, in relation to the reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) fraud perpetrated by insurtech Vesttoo.

The Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division of global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has seen continued success in fundraising in recent months, with third-party capital under management rising to $3.3 billion over the course of the third-quarter.

Rating agency AM Best is maintaining its stable outlook for the global reinsurance industry, but noted that new capital remains cautious on the sector despite a growing need for more of it to flow in.

Catastrophe exposed commercial property insurance renewals are expected to see some of the biggest rate gains in 2024, as pressure continues and a challenged reinsurance market drives buyers towards alternative solutions, to offset rising rates.

Investors in insurance-linked securities (ILS) still haven’t got over the years of “paltry” returns they’ve seen from the asset class since 2017, according to AM Best, but this is one driver for the continuation of the hard market, as well as the much improved coverage terms being agreed to in ILS contracts.

Having spent time in Bermuda and attended the recent PwC Insurance Summit on the island, the equity analyst team at BMO Capital Markets has concluded that the insurance and reinsurance industry is suffering a lack of confidence in its risk models, which they say has been a key driver in capital flight and retrenching higher.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending November 26th 2023, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.